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digitalis glycoside

digitalis glycoside

6.5
A medicine made from the foxglove plant that makes the heart beat stronger
  • noun
  • /ˌdɪdʒɪˈtælɪs ˈɡlaɪkəˌsaɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : glucósido de digital
  • The doctor prescribed a digitalis glycoside to help regulate her heartbeat.

Examples

  • Many patients benefit from digitalis glycosides in their treatment plans.

  • Researchers study the effects of digitalis glycoside in patients with heart failure.

  • Overdosing on digitalis glycoside can lead to serious cardiac side effects.

  • The doctor prescribed digitalis glycoside for her heart condition.

  • The doctor prescribed a digitalis glycoside to help regulate her heartbeat during treatment.

  • Researchers study the effects of digitalis glycoside in patients with heart failure to improve their health.

  • Overdosing on digitalis glycoside can lead to serious cardiac side effects that require immediate attention.

Synonyms

cardiac glycoside
vsdigitalis glycoside
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A medicine from some plants that makes the heart beat stronger

is narrower and comes specifically from the foxglove plant
cardiac glucoside
vsdigitalis glycoside
  • Specialized
5.4

A medicine from some plants that makes a weak heart beat stronger

is a group of compounds derived specifically from the foxglove plant

Surface Forms

digitalis glycoside singular
digitalis glycosides plural

Morphology

digitalis + glycoside

The phrase is directly compositional: 'digitalis' names the foxglove-derived cardiac drug and 'glycoside' names a sugar-linked class of compounds, so together they denote glycoside compounds of digitalis used for the heart. This chemical naming pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Digitalis glycoside may come from the Latin word for 'finger' because the foxglove plant's flowers look like little fingers in a glove, and digitalis is the plant name while glycoside tells the kind of compound. These chemicals come from foxglove and are used to 'help the heart', so the name links the plant and the heart medicine meaning.